Hank register



June 12, 1923.

J. L. BURNHAM HANK REGISTER Filed March 30 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June12, 1923. 1,458,323

J. BURNHAM HANK REGI STER Filed March 30, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 avwamtoz 1:. E.

Patented June 12. 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES'L. BURNHAM, or SACO, MAINE.

HANK REGISTER.

Application filed March 30, 1922. Serial No. 548,031.

T 0 (112 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. BURNHAM,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Sac o, in the county of Yorkand State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inHank Registers; and

I. do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to an improved hank register for use uponroving, spinning and spooling machines and one object of the inventionis to provide a register in which theretwill be provided a stationaryplate having/inner and outer sight openings formed therein beneath whichwill be .mounted concentric dials which rotate in the proper timedrelation and will accurately indicatethe number of hanks and fractionsthereof. 1 By having the plate stationary and provided with sightopenings across which pointers extend, the rotating dials will becovered except the portions which show through these openings. It willthusbeseen that the counter can be very easily read by simply observingthe dials through the openings of the stationary plate and ascertainingthe number of hanks and portions .thereof by observing where thepointers extend with respect tothe dials.

Another object of the invention is. to provide a hank registerin whichthe plate having the sight openings formed therein may be carried-by thepost about which the operating mechanism for the dials is mountedAnother object .of the invention is to so construct. the dial-carryingand operating gearing that it may be driven from the driv- --ing shaft'of the device and the two dials ,moved in the same direction concentricto each other and one rotate ata greater rate of speed than the. other.I ,Another ob'ect of the invention .is to so .construct this device thatthe means for carrying and operating the dials may be .bodily' removedfrom t e of the device when so. desired.

hous ng or casing This invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein vFigure 1 1s a view of the complete register ready.for use.

. E'gnreQ 1s a longitudinalsectional view through the register.

removed.

This improved hank register is provided with a casing or housing 1 whichis open at one end and internally threaded so that the cover 2 may bescrewed into place. This cover 2 is in the form of a ring which carriesa transparent sheet 3so that with the cover in place to keep out dust,the register may be read. This casing or housing is provided with a sidecompartment 1 having a bearing 5 at one end which will be provided witha passage to receive the bushing 6 through which will extend the driveshaft 7. This drive shaft 7 carries a gear wheel 8 for operativeconnection to the machine and at its inner end carries a worm 9 which isheld in place by a collar 10. A post 11 is provided in the housing orcasing 1 and is provided with a reduced end portion 12 which extendsthrough an opening formed in the bottom of the housing and is threadedto receive the securing nut or mounting bracket 13. Before the reducedend portion 12 of the post is passed through the opening in the bottomof the housing, a gear disk 14 will be placed upon this reduced end and.se-

cured so that when tightened by the securing nut or bracket 13, the postand the gear will a point in close contact with thestationary gear disk14., A small disk 17 is carried by the outer end portion of this sleeve16 and will be marked to provide the inner dial. This disk may beremoved from the hub and sleeve when'necessary but when in place willturn with the sleeve and large gear. A setscrew 18 is provided so thatthis hub sleeve may be removed from the gear 15 when it is desired torenew the same.

The second dial 19 is positioned beneath and concentric to the dial 17and is provided with a. ring or collar 20 which fits upon the hubextension 21 of the gear 22, a set-screw 23 being provided tosecurelyhold the collar in place upon the hub extension of the gear. This gear22 fits loosely upon the sleeve 16 and it will thus be readily seen thatthe dial 19 may have rotation independent of the dial 17. In order toimpart rotary movement to the dial 19, as the gear 15 rotates, there hasbeen provided a stem 24 which is journaled in the gear 15 and carriesgears 25 and 26 at its ends. These gears 25 and 26 are rigid upon thestem 24 and mesh one with the rigid gear 14 and the other with the gear22. It will thus be seen that as the Worm gear 15 is rotated, the gear22 will receive rotary movement independent of the gear 15 and the twodials will have independent rotary movement with one moving faster thanthe other and in timed rela tion to it. The plate 27 is rigidly securedto the end of the post 11 by means of the securing screw 28 and isprovided with inner and outer sight openings 29 and 30. The sightopening 29 is positioned above the dial 17 and the sight opening 30 ispositioned above the dial 19. Each of these openings is cut so as toprovide a pointer 31 thus permitting the dials to be accurately read.

When this counter is in use, it will be put in place in connection withthe machine so as to'be driven by a co-operating worm on the machine.The drive shaft 7 will thus be rotated and as this drive shaft rotates,rotary movement will be transmitted to the worm-gear 15 thus causing theinner dial to be rotated. As this gear 15 rotates, the gear 25 throughengagement with the rigid gear 14 will cause the shaft 24: to be slowlyrotated. The gear 26 carried by this shaft 24 through engagement withthe gear 22 will cause this gear and the dial 19 to slowly rotate. Thedial 19 registers the number of hanks and the dial 17 which showsthrough the sight opening 28 registers fractions of a dial. Since theplate 27 is stationary and the two dials move beneath it, the dials canbe readily viewed through the openings and a proper reading obtained.There has been 7 provided a counter which is so constructed that. itwill ope-rate very efficiently and may be easily read and there hasfurther been provided a counter so constructed that it comprising acasing, a stationary plate in the casing provided with inner and outersight openings, an'element rotatably mounted in the casing and carryinga dial viewed through the inner sight opening, a drive shaft for saidrotatable element, a gear disk rigid in the casing and positioned aboutthe axis of said rotatable element, a second rotatable element rotatablycarried by the first about its axis and carrying a dial positionedconcentric to the first dial and viewed through the outer sight openingof said plate, and means carried by the first rotatable element andactuated by the rigid gear disk for imparting rotary motion to thesecond rotatable element during rotation of the first.

2. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a driveshaft, a post in the casing, a rigid gear about the post, a platesecured to the post and having inner and outer sight openings, anelement in the casing rotatable about the post and rotated from thedrive shaft and carrying a dial Viewed through the inner sight openingof the plate, a second element rotatably mounted in the casing forrotation concentric to the first rotatable element and carrying a dialviewed through the outer sight opening of the plate, and means carriedby the first mentioned rotatable element and actuated by the rigid gearfor imparting rotary movement to the second rotatable element independent of the first during rotation of the rst.

3. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a driveshaft, a post in the casing, a rigid gear about the post, a platesecured to the post and having inner and outer sight openings, a maingear rotatable about the post and driven from the drive shaft and havinga hub'extension carrying a dial visible through the inner sight openingof the plate, a gear loose upon the hub extension of the main gear andcarrying a dial concentric to the first dial and visible through theouter sight opening of the plate, a stem journaled in the main gear, andgears rigidly carried by the stem upon opposite sides of the main gearand meshing one with the rigid gear and the other with the disk carryinggear loose upon the hub extension of the main gear.

1. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a driveshaft extending into said casing, a post rigid in the casing, a platesecured to thepost and having inner and outer sight openings, a geardisk rigid in said casing about said post, a maindrive gear loose uponsaid post and rotated from said drive shaft, a sleeve extending fromsaid drive gear about said post and carrying a dial viewed through theinner sight opening of said plate, a collar loose upon said sleeve andhaving a gear at its inner end and at its outer end a dial concentric tothe first dial and viewed through the outer sight opening, a stem journaled in said drive gear, and gears rigid upon said stem with onemeshing with the gear of said collar and the other meshing with the geardisk rigid in the casing about the post.

5. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a driveshaft journaled in said casing and having a worm upon its inner end, astationary post in said casing, a gear disk rigid in said casing aboutsaid post, a relatively large worm gear in the casing turning about thepost and meshing with said worm, a sleeve extendin from said worm gearabout the post, a dual carried by said sleeve and turning with thesleeve and worm gear, a collar loose upon said sleeve between the wormgear and dial and having a gear at its inner end and a dial at its outerend concentric to the first dial, a stern journaled in the worm gear,gears rigid upon the stem and meshing one with the gear of said collarand the other with the gear disk about said post, and a plate rigidlycarried by said post and out to provide sight openings and pointers inoperative relation to the dials.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES L. BURN HAM. I

